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THE COTTAGE GAEDENEE AND COCA TRY GENTLEMAN, March 29, 1859. 
Black Prince ( Alicante; Boston ■ Pocock's Damascus; I 
Sir A. Patches Black; Steward's Black Prince; Blatter 
von Alicant; Alicantenwein). — Bundles long, and gene¬ 
rally without shoulders; but occasionally shouldered. 
Berries above medium size, oval. Skin thick, deep 
purplish-black, covered with thick blue bloom. Flesh 
white, or greenish, tender, very juicy, with a rich, sugary, 
and sprightly flavour. The seed-bearing string (placenta), 
which is drawn out when the berry is separated from the 
stalk, has a crimson streak in it. This is a grape of first-rate 
quality, ripens well in a cool vinery, or against a wall, in 
favourable situations ; and always colours well. The vine 
is a good bearer; the leaves in autumn die off, beautifully 
variegated with red, green, and yellow. 
This is the Alicant and Black Spanish of Speechly, 
and, according to him, it is also called Lombardi]. It is 
the Blauer von Alicant of Fintlemann, and the Alican- 
tenwein of Christ; but the true Black Spanish is Black 
St. Peter’s, and it, also, is sometimes called Alicante. 
Black St. Peter’s ( Alicante; Black Lisbon; Black 
Portugal; Black Palestine; Black Spanish; Black 
Valentia ; Oldaker’s St. Peter s ; St. Peter’s; Espagne ; 
Noir; Sand Peter’s Traube ; Schwarzer Spanischer). — j 
Bunches large and long, sometimes shouldered. Berries 
above medium size, round. Skin thin, deep blue-black, 
and covered with bloom. Flesh tender, juicy, and with 
a rich, brisk flavour. An excellent late grape that will 
hang till March. It requires to be grown in a warm 
vinery ; but will not bear much forcing, otherwise the 
berries are liable to crack. 
Blacksmith’s White Cluster. See Scotch White Cluster. 
Black Spanish. See Black Prince. 
Black Spanish. See Black St. Peter's. 
Black Sweetwater (WaterzoetNoir). —Bunches small, 
short, and compact. Berries round. Skin very thin, 
and black. Flesh tender, juicy, and very sweet; but has 
little aroma or richness. This succeeds well against a 
wall, where it ripens eai’ly, or in a cool vinery ; but it is 
impatient of forcing, and the berries are liable to crack 
when subjected to too much heat. 
Black Tripoli (Pope Hamburgh; Tripoli). —I have 
never been able to detect any marked difference between 
this and the Black Hamburgh. After examining bunches 
of the fruit from Mr. Tillery, of Welbeck, and comparing 
them very closely with those of Black Hamburgh, 1 have 
come to the conclusion that Black Tripoli is a mere form 
of Black Hamburgh, and only differs from it in the ber¬ 
ries colouring more freely, and becoming more intensely 
black ; in all other respects there is no difference between 
them. 
Black Valentia. See Black St. Peter’s. 
Blanc Precoce de Keenzheim. See Early White 
Malvasia. 
Blanche ( Lashmar’s Seedling; Macready’s Early 
White). —Bunches about five inches long, with a very 
long stalk, loose, and with many undeveloped berries. 
Berries medium sized, roundish-oval. Skin thin, and 
green. Flesh very thin and watery, and, though with¬ 
out much flavour, is agreeable and refreshing, it ripens 
admirably against a wall in the open air, and is much 
better suited for this purpose than many others so 
cultivated. • 
Blauer von Alicant. See Black Prince. 
Blauer Clavner. See Black Cluster. 
Blauer Mullerebe. See Miller's Burgundy. 
Blauer Trollinger. See Black Hamburgh. 
Blue Frontignan. See Purple Constantia. 
Bltjssard Noir.— Mr. Thompson says, “This may be 
described as a smaller, earlier, and more sugary variety, 
than the Black Hamburgh, which in other respects it 
resembles.” 
Boston. See Black Prince. 
Boudales. See (Eillade. 
Bo wood Muscat. —This does not differ materially from 
the Muscat of Alexandria, except in setting its fruit more 
freely than that variety, and, consequently, in producing 
a better-furnished bunch. In the first bunches produced 
by tbe seedling plant the berries were decidedly pear- 
shaped, which distinguished it at once from the parent; 
but, that character having disappeared, the difference be¬ 
tween them cannot so easily be detected. 
Brizzola. See Barbarossa. 
Buckland Sweetwater. —Bunches large, shouldered, 
and well set, heart-shaped. Berries large, round, in¬ 
clining to oval. Skin thin, transparent, pale green, be¬ 
coming pale amber when ripe. Flesh tender, melting, 
and very juicy, sweet, and well flavoured. Seeds rarely 
more than one in each berry. It ripens in a cool vinery. 
Burgundy. See Black Cluster. 
Busby’s Golden Hamburgh. See Golden Hamburgh. 
Caillaba (Caillaba Noir Musquee). —Bunches long. 
Berries rather below medium size, round. Skin thin, 
but membranous, black. Flesh tender, juicy, and sweet, 
with a Muscat flavour. This is a moderately early grape, 
and ripens in a cool vinery about the beginning or middle 
of September. The vine is delicate, and requires high 
cultivation. 
Calabrian Raisin ( Raisin de Calabre). — Bunches 
large, slightly shouldered, long, and tapering, sometimes 
upwards of a foot in length. Berries large, quite round. 
Skin thick, but so transparent that the texture of the 
flesh and the stones are distinctly visible ; white. Flesh 
moderately firm, with a sugary juice and good flavour. 
This is a late and long-hanging grape, forming an excellent 
white companion to Black St. Peter’s. It is not of first- 
rate quality as to flavour; but is, nevertheless, a valuable 
grape to grow on account of its late-keeping properties. 
The vine is a strong; grower and a good bearer ; succeeds 
in a cool vinery, and will also stand a good deal of heat. 
Cambridge Botanic Garden. —This has been said to 
be identical with Black Prince, with which it has now, 
in many instances, got confounded ; but it differs from 
that variety iu having shorter and much more compact 
bunches. Bunches rai-ely shouldered. Berries large and 
oval. Skin brownish-black. Flesh firm, juicy, sweet, 
and highly flavoured; with from two to three stones-in 
each berry: while in Black Prince they vary from three 
to five. 
An excellent out-door grape, ripening well against a 
wall, and well adapted for a cold vinery. Mr. Rivers has 
found it well suited for pot culture. 
Campanella Bianca. See Eoyal Muscadine. 
(To he continued.) 
QUERIES AND ANSWERS. 
HATtEID EPIMEDIUM—PKESEEVING POLLEN. 
“ I send you a bloom of a hybrid Epimediura, which I raised 
three or four years ago, accompanied by a bloom of each of the 
S parents—A. colchicum, female, and B. maeranthmn, male. You 
will see how exactly intermediate the hybrid is. It is an ex¬ 
tremely elegant plant. I have some more hybrids coming on ; 
| but they will not bloom this year. I enclose also a bloom of 
j what I have as Narcissus dubius. Can you tell me if it is true, 
and whether it is the same as N. papyraceus ! 1 have Gladiolus 
Namaquensis coming into bloom. Can I keep tbe pollen for 
hybridising ?”—A. Eawson. 
[This most lovely early-blooming Narcissus is Hennione papy- 
racea —the II. dubia of Eedoule, of which there arc live or six 
j wild varieties, and some cultivated kinds which have more flowers 
I in the umbel. Your plant is one of the latter, with eight flowers 
in the umbel, and with the stylo longer than the upper anthers— 
a feature never known in the wild dubia or papyracea. After a 
careful comparison by Dr. Herbert, lie came to the conclusion 
that “J Termione ( Narcissus ) dubia must, therefore, be trans- 
